Should the Seahawks have drafted Mark Sanchez?

With the emergence of Mark Sanchez as the next coming of Joe Flacco, the Seattle Times ran this column asking the question about the Seahawks picking linebacker Aaron Curry in this year's draft as opposed to the USC quarterback.

Matt Hasselbeck is down, Mark Sanchez is up, and Aaron Curry is all over the place. Knee-jerk reaction: The Seahawks should've drafted Sanchez.

Well, thank Lombardi the knee jerks don't rule the game. It's a pertinent thought to wonder whether the Seahawks were right to choose Curry, a future star linebacker, over Sanchez, a potential franchise quarterback, in last April's draft.

It's worthy of re-examination. But ultimately it's a fruitless pondering because you can't make revisions in hindsight, and besides, the Seahawks made the right choice, at least in this scribe's estimation. Amazing how one hit, one broken rib, can nullify months of sanity. Hasselbeck took the hit trying to score a touchdown, felt the pain, and now for the third time in four seasons, he's out with a worrisome injury.

We could run around in circles all day in retrospect as this columnist is doing (he doesn't want to make an opinion in an opinion article). But instead of listening to this paid guy who obviously can't actually say anything with 800 words, I'll rely on public opinion. Seahawks fans I have to ask you this...

Would you rather have Mark Sanchez under center right now?

What sports adjective would you want to be called?

A couple days ago, my friend Dylan Kitzan and I had a conversation on what adjective we would want to be described with if we were professional athletes. Dylan chose the word "cold-blooded" since he would want to be the pitcher that got the ball at the end of the game to wrap things up when things were tough. I chose "intangibles" which actually isn't an adjective but hopefully you get the jist of things, because I'd rather have that then being described as an overweight, unathletic chump.

Then (we were bowling at the time of the conversation) while I was getting my bowling ball from the rack I looked up at the television to see an story on Mark Sanchez on ESPN, whom I think is going to be a fantastic NFL quarterback considering how polished he seems coming out of college. So I turned to Dylan and said "change my adjective to 'polished'" and then subsequently bowled a strike.

...and finished that game with a 113 score, but that's neither here nor there.

Now what adjective would you like to be described with if your were a professional athlete?